Paul Haggis

Paul Edward Haggis was born in [[London, Ontario]], the son of Mary Yvonne (''[[née]]'' Metcalf) and [[Ted Haggis]], a World War II veteran and Olympic sprinter in the 1948 Summer Olympics.{{cite book|last=Riggs|first=Thomas|title=Contemporary Theatre Film & Television|publisher=Gale / Cengage Learning|year=2003|page=181|isbn=0787663638}} He was raised as a [[Catholic Church in Canada|Catholic]], attending [[Catholic schools in Canada|Catholic school]] and facing confrontations with children from Ontario's [[Protestantism in Canada|Protestant]] majority.{{r|wright}}{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/jan/06/paul-haggis-interview?INTCMP=SRCH| work=[[guardian.co.uk]]| title=Paul Haggis: 'You have to question your beliefs'| first=Cath| last=Clarke| date=January 6, 2011| access-date=April 27, 2011}} His family had stopped going to [[Mass in the Catholic Church|Mass]] after finding their parish priest driving a Cadillac, and he considered himself an [[atheist]] by early adulthood.{{r|wright}} The Gallery Theatre in London was owned by his parents, and Haggis gained experience in the field through work at the theatre.{{cite web | last =Albertson | first =Cammila | title =Paul Haggis - Biography | work =[[Allmovie]] | publisher =Macrovision Corporation | year =2009 | url =http://www.allmovie.com/artist/paul-haggis-274585/bio | access-date = October 28, 2009}}

Paul Edward Haggis was born in [[London, Ontario]], the son of Mary Yvonne (''[[née]]'' Metcalf) and [[Ted Haggis]], a World War II veteran and Olympic sprinter in the 1948 Summer Olympics.{{cite book|last=Riggs|first=Thomas|title=Contemporary Theatre Film & Television|publisher=Gale / Cengage Learning|year=2003|page=181|isbn=0787663638}} He was raised as a [[Catholic Church in Canada|Catholic]], attending [[Catholic schools in Canada|Catholic school]] and facing confrontations with children from Ontario's [[Protestantism in Canada|Protestant]] majority.{{r|wright}}{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/jan/06/paul-haggis-interview?INTCMP=SRCH| work=[[guardian.co.uk]]| title=Paul Haggis: 'You have to question your beliefs'| first=Cath| last=Clarke| date=January 6, 2011| access-date=April 27, 2011}} His family had stopped going to [[Mass in the Catholic Church|Mass]] after finding their parish priest driving a Cadillac, and he considered himself an [[atheist]] by early adulthood.{{r|wright}} The Gallery Theatre in London was owned by his parents, and Haggis gained experience in the field through work at the theatre.{{cite web | last =Albertson | first =Cammila | title =Paul Haggis - Biography | work =[[Allmovie]] | publisher =Macrovision Corporation | year =2009 | url =http://www.allmovie.com/artist/paul-haggis-274585/bio | access-date = October 28, 2009}}

Haggis attended St. Thomas More Elementary School.{{cite news|last=Rumelski|first=Kathy|title=London fans toast Haggis|work=Jam! Showbiz|publisher=Canoe Inc|date=September 12, 2006|url=http://jam.canoe.ca/Movies/2006/09/12/1828902.html|access-date=October 28, 2009|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130101001908/http://jam.canoe.ca/Movies/2006/09/12/1828902.html|archive-date=January 1, 2013}} He started secondary school at [[Ridley College (Ontario)|Ridley College]] in St. Catharines, but began getting into bad behavior by skipping his required [[Royal Canadian Army Cadets]] drills, breaking into the prefect's office to erase his [[Demerit (school discipline)|demerits]], and reading the radical magazine ''[[Ramparts (magazine)|Ramparts]]''. After a year, Haggis's parents transferred him to a more progressive preparatory school in [[Muskoka Lakes]]. Haggis was taught by a producer of the [[CBC Radio One]] news program ''[[As It Happens]]'', who allowed him to sit with him as he edited [[John Dean]]'s testimony to the [[United States Senate Watergate Committee|Watergate hearings]] for broadcast.{{r|wright}}

Haggis attended [[St. Thomas More]] Elementary School.{{cite news|last=Rumelski|first=Kathy|title=London fans toast Haggis|work=Jam! Showbiz|publisher=Canoe Inc|date=September 12, 2006|url=http://jam.canoe.ca/Movies/2006/09/12/1828902.html|access-date=October 28, 2009|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130101001908/http://jam.canoe.ca/Movies/2006/09/12/1828902.html|archive-date=January 1, 2013}} He started secondary school at [[Ridley College (Ontario)|Ridley College]] in St. Catharines, but began getting into bad behavior by skipping his required [[Royal Canadian Army Cadets]] drills, breaking into the prefect's office to erase his [[Demerit (school discipline)|demerits]], and reading the radical magazine ''[[Ramparts (magazine)|Ramparts]]''. After a year, Haggis's parents transferred him to a more progressive preparatory school in [[Muskoka Lakes]]. Haggis was taught by a producer of the [[CBC Radio One]] news program ''[[As It Happens]]'', who allowed him to sit with him as he edited [[John Dean]]'s testimony to the [[United States Senate Watergate Committee|Watergate hearings]] for broadcast.{{r|wright}}

After being inspired by [[Alfred Hitchcock]] and [[Jean-Luc Godard]], Haggis proceeded to study art at [[H. B. Beal Secondary School]]. He opened a theater in Toronto to screen films banned by the [[Ontario Film Review Board|Ontario Board of Censors]] such as [[The Devils (film)|''The Devils'']] and ''[[Last Tango in Paris]]''.{{r|wright}} After viewing [[Michelangelo Antonioni]]'s 1966 film ''[[Blowup]]'' in 1974, he traveled to England with the intent of becoming a fashion photographer. Haggis later returned to Canada to pursue studies in cinematography at [[Fanshawe College]]. While in London, Ontario, Haggis was converted to [[Scientology]]. In 1975, Haggis moved to Los Angeles, California, to begin a career in writing in the entertainment industry.

After being inspired by [[Alfred Hitchcock]] and [[Jean-Luc Godard]], Haggis proceeded to study art at [[H. B. Beal Secondary School]]. He opened a theater in Toronto to screen films banned by the [[Ontario Film Review Board|Ontario Board of Censors]] such as [[The Devils (film)|''The Devils'']] and ''[[Last Tango in Paris]]''.{{r|wright}} After viewing [[Michelangelo Antonioni]]'s 1966 film ''[[Blowup]]'' in 1974, he traveled to England with the intent of becoming a fashion photographer. Haggis later returned to Canada to pursue studies in cinematography at [[Fanshawe College]]. While in London, Ontario, Haggis was converted to [[Scientology]]. In 1975, Haggis moved to Los Angeles, California, to begin a career in writing in the entertainment industry.